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Sandy Vance

Gene Covington Vance

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 5, 1947 in Lamar, CO
High School: Pasadena HS (Pasadena, CA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1970
Team: Dodgers 1970-1971

Final Game: June 30, 1971
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 23 LAD NL 7 7 .500 3.13 20 18 0 2 0 0 115.0 109 47 40 9 37 2 45 1 0 5 484 122 1.270 8.5 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.22
1971 24 LAD NL 2 1 .667 6.92 10 3 3 0 0 0 26.0 38 21 20 1 9 0 11 0 0 3 121 47 1.808 13.2 0.3 3.1 3.8 1.22
2 Yrs 9 8 .529 3.83 30 21 3 2 0 0 141.0 147 68 60 10 46 2 56 1 0 8 605 97 1.369 9.4 0.6 2.9 3.6 1.22
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .529 3.83 40 28 4 3 0 0 188 196 91 80 13 61 3 75 1 0 11 807 97 1.369 9.4 0.6 2.9 3.6 1.22

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1970 23 LAD NL 115.0 20 18 47 3.68 4.57 0.29 0.07 92.8 4.03 3 0.3 .0 -0.1 1.2 16 .516 .502 $
1971 24 LAD NL 26.0 10 3 21 7.27 3.97 -0.00 -0.07 91.2 3.57 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -8 .387 .493 $
2 Seasons 141.0 30 21 68 4.34 4.46 0.23 0.04 92.5 3.95 -8 -0.8 .8 -0.1 0.3 8 .473 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1970 23 LAD NL 20 481 440 47 109 16 2 9 11 2 37 45 .248 .306 .355 .660 .257 156 9 1 3 3 2 6
1971 24 LAD NL 10 121 107 21 38 6 4 1 3 0 9 11 .355 .398 .514 .912 .381 55 3 0 3 2 0 1
2 Yrs 30 602 547 68 147 22 6 10 14 2 46 56 .269 .324 .386 .710 .282 211 12 1 6 5 2 7
162 Game Avg. 40 803 729 91 196 29 8 13 19 3 61 75 .269 .324 .386 .710 .282 281 16 1 8 7 3 9
MLB Averages .252 .321 .375 .697 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 23 LAD NL 8.4 0.8 502 1.0 8.6 -7.6 .98 0.9 0.1 11.5 1.2 0.98 8.0 0 0 1
1971 24 LAD NL -10.6 -1.1 127 -1.5 1.4 -2.9 .94 -1.0 -0.6 -9.6 -1.0 0.94 -10.3 1 3 3
2 Yrs -2.2 -0.2 629 -0.5 10.0 -10.5 .97 -0.1 -0.5 1.9 0.2 0.97 -2.3 1 3 4

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1970 23 LAD NL 20 18 7 7 4 2 4 10 8 .556 2 2 2 0 10 56% 51.7 76 20 14 7 7 4 4.2 3.4 6.2
1971 24 LAD NL 10 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 42.3 59 28 4 1 1 2 5.1 6.3 4.0
2 Yrs 30 21 8 7 6 2 4 12 9 .571 2 4 2 0 11 52% 50 76 20 18 8 8 6 4.3 3.6 5.9
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 109 1 4.1 4.0 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1970 23 LAD NL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 .976 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.0
1971 24 LAD NL 10 7 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 1 25% 4 .936 1 3 3 1 0 6 2 5 4 1 4 0 6.0
2 Yrs 30 9 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 1 20% .968 1 3 4 1 0 8 3 6 6 1 6 0 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1970 23 LAD NL 484 64% 1.9% 9.4% 7.7% 5.6% 25% 0.89 81% 94 9 10%
1971 24 LAD NL 121 65% 0.8% 9.1% 7.4% 9.1% 29% 1.54 80% 22 3 14%
2 Yrs 605 64% 1.7% 9.3% 7.6% 6.3% 26% 0.98 81% 116 12 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.1% 14.7% 8.9% 6.2% 28% 1.11 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1970 23 LAD NL 481 109 9 0 7 6 3 8 1 22 10 1 45% 6 5 2 184 11 2 85% 9 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 10 3
1971 24 LAD NL 121 38 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 11 9 0 82% 1 3 0 52 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2 Yrs 602 147 10 0 9 7 3 8 2 33 19 1 58% 7 8 2 236 14 2 88% 12 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 3
MLB Averages 50% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1970 23 7 7 .500 3.13 20 18 0 2 0 0 115.0 109 47 40 9 37 2 45 1 0 5 484 122 1.270 8.5 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.22 122
1971 24 9 8 .529 3.83 30 21 3 2 0 0 141.0 147 68 60 10 46 2 56 1 0 8 605 97 1.369 9.4 0.6 2.9 3.6 1.22 97

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1970 23 7 5 .583 3.41 111.0 111 47 42 9 38 44 1 1.342 9.0 3.1 3.6 1.16 0.7 20
1971 24 0 2 .000 9.78 23.0 42 28 25 1 10 10 0 2.261 16.4 3.9 3.9 1.00 0.4 10
2 Yrs 7 7 .500 4.50 134.0 153 75 67 10 48 54 1 1.500 10.3 3.6 1.13 0.7 30

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